Lady A's Banquet

[Shrimpy]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just drooled all over my keyboard! I NEEEEEEEEEED Icecream with my caramel cake bars!

 

[Lady A]

Morning peeps!

I quite enjoyed my red day yesterday and I'm hoping to boost my losses & vary my diet by alternating ee, green & red through the week. I've decided to have a Sunday roast with a twist today so I've marinated my chicken with jerk seasoning...ummm yummm! Xx

Sunday 3rd July 2011 - Red

Breakfast - Bowl of watermelon & pineapple followed by wm toast (HexB 1), reduced sugar strawberry jam (1 syn) & a Jaccs caramel latte with 250ml skimmed milk (part HexA)

Snack - an apple & NAS squash

Lunch - Jerk chicken (1 syn) served with steamed broccoli, cauliflower & baby carrots.

Snack - coffee with 50ml skimmed milk & a jumbo caramel snack a jack (2.5 syns)

Dinner - Keema & okra curry made with extra lean lamb mince, onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, spices, green chillies & fresh corriander (2 syns for oil). Served with wm pitta (HexB 2) and salad.

Dessert - Fresh honey mango served with 2 scoops of Wall's soft scoop light ice cream (3 syns)

Jaccs caramel coffee with remaining HexA allowance.

Syns - 9

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[Lady A]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just drooled all over my keyboard! I NEEEEEEEEEED Icecream with my caramel cake bars!

I know it was the first thing I thought about when I woke up this morning lol! Go on Shrimpy treat yourself! Xx

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[Shrimpy]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm your food sounds really yummy!

If I get a chance today I'll go and buy icecream. Just depends on if I can make my butt move off the sun lounger!

 

[Lady A]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm your food sounds really yummy!

If I get a chance today I'll go and buy icecream. Just depends on if I can make my butt move off the sun lounger!

Just had my lunch and it was de-lish. I'm glad I'm trying red days now as I find that it makes me want to fill up on more super-free foods as I'm having less carbs.

Try getting Wall's soft scoop light ice cream if you do manage to go out as it's only 1.5 syns per scoop and really tasty. Xx

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[Lady A]

Monday 4th July - Red

Breakfast - Banana, watermelon, activia ff vanilla yogurt & a Jaccs caramel coffee with part HexA1 allowance

Snack - 2 tangerines & 500ml NAS squash

Lunch - A grilled Quorn burger in wm bread (HexB1) with ketchup (2 syns) & salad. 300ml NAS squash

Snack - An apple, a jumbo caramel snack a jack (2.5 syns) & a Jaccs caramel coffee.

Dinner - Keema & okra curry (2 syns) served with salad & co-op wm pitta (HexB 2)

Dessert - Meringue (2.5 syns) topped with a scoop of wall's soft scoop light ice cream (1.5 syns) and honey mango.

Coffee with remaining HexA allowance

Syns - 10.5




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[Roziee]

Yummy food intake today... I need to buy some more meringue nests. Love em for only 2.5 syns

 

[craftylucyloo]

Mmmmm loving the sound of that keema and okra curry. Any chance of a recipe??? Your dessert sounds delish too. xx

 

[Lady A]

Yummy food intake today... I need to buy some more meringue nests. Love em for only 2.5 syns

Hey Roziee!

My food was yum today. I'm loving my Red days as I get to have 2 HexA & HexB choices which beats using my only HexA & HexB on cereal in the morning and having to have curry n rice every evening. Meringues are fab especially with fruit n ice cream

 

[Lady A]

Mmmmm loving the sound of that keema and okra curry. Any chance of a recipe??? Your dessert sounds delish too. xx

Welcome to my Banquet Hazel!

I cook alfresco but I've typed up this recipe for you. Hope you enjoy it!

Keema and Okra Curry

300g Extra Lean Lamb mince
1lb Okra - cut into 2 cm pieces
2 large white onions finely chopped (I done it in the food processor)
1/2 large onion finely sliced (semi circles)
Tbsp easch of pressed garlic and ginger
100ml passata
1 tsp each of salt and turmeric
2 tsp each of garam masala, dried corriander powder, whole cumin seeds.
2 cloves
1 tsp of chopped fresh green chillies
Handfull of chopped corriander leaves
300ml water
1 Tbsp of olive oil
Frylight

Method

1) Fry the chopped onions in frylight until they begin to brown then add the the ginger and garlic and fry for another minute.
2) Add mince and fry untill it is all brown.
3) Next add the passata and all of the dry spices and stir to so they are mixed into the mince.
4) Add the fresh corriander and 300ml of water and bring it to the boil and then simmer it on a medium-low heat until the mince is cooked and the water has been absorbed.
5) Heat frylight and 1 tbsp of olive oil in a non stick frying pan and fry the okra so they begin to brown and are a little crispy but not burnt (be careful as they may get slimy if they are not browned off enough). Set them aside in a bowl.
6) Fry the sliced onion in frylight until they begin to brown.
7) Add the fried okra and onions to the mince, mix everything through then cover and simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes so that the okra and the sliced onions absorb the spices from the mince.

**Please note that my spice combinations may not be to everyone's taste so go easy on the chilli as you can always add more at the end **

 

[Lady A]

Morning All!

Day 4 of my red day experiment and I'm liking it. I'm not hungry on it as my extra easy days have got me into the habit of having a big salad with my main meals in addition to the super free food used in cooking my main meal. I'm also munching on more fruit in between so that should help the losses too. I may do an extra easy day tomorrow to give my mum a break as she's slimming worlding it too and then do a green and carry on alternating between plans to keep things interesting.

Tuesday 5th July 2011 - Red

Breakfast - Banana, fresh pineapple & a Jaccs caramel coffee with milk from allowance.

Snack - Milk chocolate fibre plus bar (HexB 1)

Lunch - Tandoori chicken salad with cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, red onion & helman's ff vinaigrette dressing.

Dinner - Slow roasted jerk chicken (1 syn), salad & el mayo (1 syn) in a co-op wm pitta (HexB 2)

Dessert - Fresh papaya & Wall's soft scoop light ice cream (1.5 syns)

2 cadbury's caramel mini eggs (5 syns) & Jaccs caramel coffee with remaining HexA

Syns - 8.5


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[Shrimpy]

You know, I've never had papaya... is it nice? What fruit is it like?

 

[Lady A]

You know, I've never had papaya... is it nice? What fruit is it like?

Hey Shrimpy!

Papaya is wellllllllllll yum but only if it's ripe enough. It's a cross between a honeydew melon and mango but not the yucky alphonso mangoes that you get in the supermarkets all year round I'm talking about the yummy honey mangoes that are in season at the moment in the asian green grocers. We get the jumbo papayas because they seem to taste better than the small ones. Give it a go hun it's really good for your digestion Xx

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[Shrimpy]

I like mango, I like melon.... I think I will! How do I identify a ripe papaya?

 

[Lady A]

I like mango, I like melon.... I think I will! How do I identify a ripe papaya?

The skin will be a yellowy green colour and slightly soft to the touch. The flesh inside shouldn't be dry otherwise it's not ripe. Hope you enjoy it! Xx

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[Lady A]

Wednesday 6th July - Red

Breakfast - Banana, Papaya, Activia FF vanilla yogurt & coffee (with part HexA 1)

Lunch - Chicken sandwich made with last nights Jerk chicken (1 syn), wm bread (HexB 1) served with lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion salad & ff dressing. Followed by a coffee with part HexA allowance.

Snack - Strawberries & activia ff vanilla yogurt

Dinner - Lamb and aubergine curry served with salad and wm pitta (HexB 2).

Dessert - Walls soft scoop light ice cream (1.5 syns) and fresh Mango

Galaxy Caramel cake bar (6 syns) & coffee with remaining HexA


Syns - 8.5

 

[Lady A]

Evening All!

Just thought I'd report my Non-Scale-Victory that I had today to my fans.....I fit into a size 10 Pied A Terre skinny jeans in House of Fraser and that's on * week! I'm soooooooooooo happy because I've only been a size 10 on the bottom once and it only lasted a fortnight but I'm in control now so I'm hoping it will last a bit longer this time lol! For anyone who's losing their mojo please don't & just give it 100% because SW really really works! Xx

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[Roziee]

Woohoo!!!!!!!! Big hugs and kisses to you soni xxxx

 

[Shrimpy]

Well done!!!! W0000000!!!!

Tesco had no papayas this morning! I will check tomorrow.

 

[Lady A]

Woohoo!!!!!!!! Big hugs and kisses to you soni xxxx

Thanks Gorgeous!

I'm soooooooooooo glad it's started going from my bottom half my JLO seemed to be on a different planet lol! Red days rock...woooohoooo!!! Xx

Well done!!!! W0000000!!!!

Tesco had no papayas this morning! I will check tomorrow.

Thanks Shrimpy.....I've gone from a size 16 to a 10 now and it feels great.

Have you got any Indian/Caribbean shops near you? They would defo have them there. Good luck finding them my lovely! Xx